His main research interests are currently in the sociology of culture, the sociology of music, cultural theory, the history and sociology of professions, and the sociology of intellectuals and ideas. He has recently completed a book on sociology and cultural studies, to be published by Il Mulino. He is writing on the concepts of culture and their use in the social sciences; on the production of culture approach, on the sociology of professions, and on the sociological theory of Bourdieu. Among his other projects is a textbook on music sociology (with Timothy Dowd, from Emory University, Usa). He is also conducting empirical research in the field of music, in particular on the social, political ad cultural effect of the suicide of Luigi Tenco in 1967, and on the social organization of music life in Bologna (with Paolo Magaudda).
